| Erith and Crayford | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1955 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Region: | England |
Erith and Crayford was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK's Parliament.
It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Erith & Thamesmead and Bexleyheath & Crayford.
For its final 32 years it was in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London but for its first ten years instead in Kent, divided among two council districts, below the higher tier of Kent County Council.
1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Erith, and the Urban District of Crayford.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Bostall, Crayford North, Crayford Town, Crayford West, Erith Town, and Northumberland Heath.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Bexley wards of Belvedere, Bostall, Crayford, Erith, North End, Northumberland Heath, and Thamesmead East.
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Previously MP for Dartford from 1945. Died 1965 | |||
| 1965 by-election | Labour | |||
| 1981 | SDP | |||
| 1983 | Contested and lost Bexleyheath and Crayford in 1997. Subsequently, MP for the seat from 2005 | |||
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Erith and Thamesmead & Bexleyheath and Crayford | |||